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  • 6/2/2025
Learn how to insert a footnote using an asterisk (*) in Microsoft Word! In this easy step-by-step tutorial, you'll discover how to customize footnote symbols and make your documents look professional. Whether you're working on academic papers, reports, or articles, using asterisks instead of default numbers can add a cleaner look.

πŸ“Œ In this video:

How to insert a footnote in Word

How to change footnote number to an asterisk (*)

Customize footnote symbols for your document

πŸ‘‰ Works in Microsoft Word 2016, 2019, 2021 & Microsoft 365.

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00:00in this video i will guide you how to insert historic footnote in word document this is very
00:06simple and very easy let's get started first you need to click on the reference on the top menu bar
00:14and in the footnote section you need to click on this arrow and then you will see a pop-up window
00:24and here you need to select the footnotes placement if you want to put the historic notes on the below
00:33text then click on this and if you want to click on the bottom of the page you need to click on that
00:38right now i am selecting bottom of the page and then on the columns you need to click on that
00:44the column if there is a column on your page you need to select the columns and after that click
00:51on the number format click on the drop down menu and go down and at the end of the drop down menu
00:59click on here you will you can see that some historic numbers are here you need to click on that and you
01:06can see that there is a start and there is a historic symbol is here and then click on the insert and
01:14after that you can see that the bottom of the page you will see them historic and here you can put your
01:21um insert footnote so write down the desired text and here you have done it if you think this video
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